SAS Base data files locking

[zerointeractive]

Hi fellows

for those SAS gurus out there, is it true that SAS base has a locking mechanism over "SAS data files" ?

I have been told by in-house SAS "experts" that we have some problems with concurrency to access SAS data files, and I would like to understand why is this and under which circumstances this happens.
Do you have any example and potential solutions to share ?

Thanks in advance

Z

[Flubster]

Not quite understanding the issue. Are you experiencing locking that you wish to avoid or wish to implement locking (assume row-level)?

In the meantime, have a read about SAS/SHARE on support.sas.com.

[zerointeractive]

I would like to avoid locking

[Flubster]

I would like to avoid locking

Then SAS/SHARE is your solution. Access is provided by the library being made available via a SAS/SHARE server allowing multiple user access (for read/writes).

[zerointeractive]

Thanks I will try this out